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Thursday, September 19, 2013

TOWARD A STRATEGY FOR DISMANTLING THE NEW WORLD ORDER

This is the first of a series of articles that will lay out the outline
of a strategy for creating a just world economy, ending war in
the process. Basically, it identifies the central problem as corruption of
governments, particularly that of the US. The general strategy is to attack the
problem by taking away the power of the global economic elite to dictate who we can choose among to represent those of us in “democratic” countries. This will fundamentally
undermine their ability to dictate domestic and foreign policy in the nation
with the most power behind both, as well as the partners and client nations of the US.
The next several essays in this series will elaborate on goal setting, specific elements of
the strategy and tactics for implementing it, with emphasis on strategic messaging.

When you mention the developing “New World Order” to people who still think
there is a two-party system in the United States, eyes roll. Anything you have to say afterward is
dismissed before it is out of your mouth. Many Republicans are closer to
understanding what it is than are partisan Democrats. They recognize that there
has been a fundamental change in the way the federal government operates,
starting with the first banking bailout. They acknowledge the effects of
financial manipulation of the economy, but mistake it for a socialist takeover
by "liberals" rather than the fascist coup that it is. Partisan Democrats
believe that the only problem is Republican politicians and the solution merely
to elect more Democrats, who they equate with “champions of the People.” Any debate framed by partisan politics is
therefore a distraction from the real issues.

The obvious truth is that both parties have been
systematically corrupted by powerful financial elites who put their interests
over those of the rest of us. Therefore, one of the objectives of any strategy
must be to find a way to get partisans to understand that neither party
represents them. Liberals and conservatives are already beginning to work
together on selected issues. If we can connect these issues to a larger agenda
and convince partisans that the issues are more important than whether a
candidate is a Republican or a Democrat, it is possible to develop a strategy
to take back America for the People. Congress
already ignores the clear will of the People on many critical issues. The only
way we can change that is to work together.
We must agree that our overarching goal is representative democracy. If we can put aside ideological differences,
it is possible to pressure our elected representatives to act according to the
common will. Americans have proven capable of putting the candidate over the
party when given a reasonable choice. They will do it again if they understand
that it is the only way to make their votes count. We can worry about consensus
on other issues after we get the attention of Congress by taking out a few
entrenched corporate puppets.

With election campaigns having become largely a matter of
who can generate the most funding and corporations and the wealthy free to
spend unlimited sums to influence elections, it is delusional to think that
voters can influence decisions in Washington before strong campaign finance
reform is instituted. We must find a way to guarantee that members of Congress
know their jobs depend on supporting a constitutional amendment to effectively
ban corporate expenditures to influence elections while limiting the amount
individuals can spend to buy the candidates of their choice. The only way to do
this is to make support for such an amendment the litmus test in every
Congressional campaign where a candidate of any party can be found who will pledge
to amend the constitution.

The first goal for assuming popular control of the United
States government and restoring national sovereignty to all nations is to
define the fundamental problem in a way that most people agree on. We then have
to educate average Americans and citizens around the world about the danger of
allowing control of the US government by the economic elite. This common
understanding is necessary to find a solution, since Americans must speak with
one voice to merit the claim of representing the will of the People. Citizens of other nations must stand with them against the same global
financiers who control their governments, directly or indirectly. It is critical that those with the biggest
audiences outside the corporate media understand and communicate the urgency of
putting aside partisan, national, cultural and religious differences to save
humanity from perpetual economic slavery.

Ultimately, the survival of human civilization as we know it may depend on it.
Failure to check the power of corporations with trillions of dollars in assets
in the fossil fuel industry will doom millions as the result of global climate
instability.

For those who question the existence of a relatively small
group of individuals so powerful that they can manipulate the global economy,
consider this:

2) Through this means of interlocking directorships and
financial resources that dwarf those of even the United States, banks have come
to control key economic sectors including energy, telecommunications, insurance
and health care in addition to a financial industry that generates 40% of US
GDP, wealth that the common citizen never sees.

3) Six corporations control virtually all of American
mainstream media: Disney, Time Warner, Viacom, Newscorp, CBS and NBC. Corporate
donors heavily influence the content of "public" TV and radio in the
US.

4) It is estimated that there is far more than enough money held
offshore by wealthy citizens to pay off the US debt.

Most Americans have almost no knowledge of how the economy
really works, having been brainwashed into buying the myth of the free market.
This is the essential assumption of the Washington consensus. The other
demonstrably false tenets of this neoliberal model are that global free trade is
inevitable, that endless growth is possible and that national economies
struggle in it only if they do not adhere to financial and monetary policies
that allow the rich to accumulate enough wealth that it magically tricles down
to those who are willing to work hard enough.

This is an economic strategy that in the
final analysis is nothing but a scheme cooked up by international financiers to
consolidate their control until they essentially run everything through their
proxies in governments and corporate intermediaries they own. As taxpayers around the world accumulate
massive debt to the very individuals who crashed the global economy, the global
economic elite counsels austerity. This leads to slashing of government
services, job loss in nations with no industrial base or excess capacity in the
face of reduced demand and finally, the selloff of government assets to pay the
interest on the accumulated debt. As job
losses mount and wages and salaries decline, the tax base is undermined. This
is magnified by corporate and individual tax breaks for the rich in an
ultimately self-defeating cycle since the worker is the only source of real
wealth. Paper money is only a promise of payment by a government so deeply indebted to those who control the printing press that most politicians must serve the interests of Wall Street if they value their jobs.

Americans are starting to grasp the enormity of the fraud
perpetrated on them, but are far from organizing effectively to do anything
about it. It was considered a major victory that Larry Summers, one of the chief
architects of the global Ponzi scheme in derivatives, was not selected as
Chairman of the Fed, replacing his co-conspirator Tim Geithner as he exits
through the revolving door between Wall Street and government. A real victory
would be to see the two of them in prison, yet none of the principle criminals responsible for the
global economic meltdown has been prosecuted. Meanwhile, “too big to fail”
banks used bailout money to buy failed financial institutions for pennies on
the dollar, making them even more powerful.

Here is the difference between most "socialist" nations and
those which by definition are fascist: In
a centralized socialist system, the political class generally controls the
economic elite and they work in tandem to promote the interests of both. Venezuela and some other Latin American
countries are notable exceptions to this rule. In fascist countries, it is the other way
around. In banana Republics like the US, corporations control the political elite. Note that this definition of
fascism does not require a dictator, the only thing lacking in the US. There is
no dictator, but a small oligarchy of powerful individuals who have no concern
for the good of the nation, its people
or that of any other nation. There is no need for a dictator in a fascist
nation whose people have willingly given control of their government to the
economic elite in exchange for promises of endless wealth. The “shining city on
the hill” promised by Reagan was built on sand. It was a mirage, becoming more
distant the nearer Americans were told it was. The collapse was inevitable, as
the whole system was based on credit backed only by worthless derivatives. Since the total value of the derivatives market is several times the global GDP as a result of failure to impose real reforms, the next crash will be much more catastrophic.

If fascism is defined as corporatism, then all the elements
are present in the United States. A police state apparatus is in place. People
have been brainwashed into accepting an extreme version of nationalism known as
“American Exceptionalism.” The government has imposed the most intrusive
surveillance methods ever devised. War,
always regarded by most as inevitable, has become endless. Until recently,
these have been accepted as the price for a false sense of security. What most
activists aware of these problems have missed is how they are related to each
other. They must understand these relationships so that they can connect the
dots for the population at large. That is the basis for developing a strategy
for the progressive movement as a whole. Fortunately, recent events have made
that much easier.

To reach our goal of establishing representative democracy,
our strategy must build on the partnerships we are forming across ideological
divides on critical issues such as domestic surveillance, the NDAA and the
pursuit of world domination by endless war. All of these are related to the global war of
terror, which is in reality a global war on national sovereignty and democracy.
Its economic counterparts are the Trans
Pacific Partnership and the proposed Trans Atlantic Partnership with
Europe. While general recognition of the danger of these massive free trade
agreements has been slow to build, the phony outrage of European governments
over US corporate spying revealed by Snowden has put the brakes on the latter.
That gives us a chance to make Americans realize that the ultimate goal of
these agreements is to make national governments subject to the demands of
transnational corporations, regardless of the interests of the people of any of
the subject nations. That should alarm both liberals and conservatives who hold
national sovereignty as an unshakable principle of peaceful coexistence on the
one hand and economic self-determination on the other.

Neoliberalism and neoconservatism are two sides of the same
coin, best described as neofascism. The first seeks to establish global corporate dominance by economic
coercion, while the other is a policy of militarily destroying any nation that
stands in the way. On these issues, there is no gridlock and no partisan divide. The majority of Democratic and Republican politicians
support both. While Americans continue to divide themselves into liberals and
conservatives and argue nonsense with each other about who is responsible for
destroying the American dream, the corporate criminals responsible remain at
large, laughing all the way to their respective banks.

If there are an “us” and “them,” they are the
99% versus the 1%. No one can claim to represent the 99% if we cannot persuade
those who fail to understand the problem of our common interests. We have to abandon the model of politics as
civil war and build alliances based on mutual interests if we are going to use
the power of our numbers to assure that our children will know the real freedom
that comes from the absence of economic coercion. That is the nation Americans
were promised and that the rest of the world aspired to emulate. Another world is
possible, but it will require forging a united international front against
fascism and war.

Thanks for reading and commenting, Skywalker. I hope that you will share the ideas with others.

It is past time for us to get a discussion going about how to build a revolutionary movement. Most prominent writers are focusing solely on the problems and perhaps some defensive actions, while ignoring the fact that you cannot build a movement to deal with 10,000 problems separately.

You have to attack the root problem, and that will require a strategy to build a united international front against fascism and war.

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OUR GOAL: The eradication of war by restoring democracy in America.

OUR MISSION: To challenge the US Congress to put the needs of the people above those of their plutocratic sponsors. We can only establish democracy in America and the world by working together to abolish the "rights" of corporations and those who control them to determine the collective destiny of the Peoples of the United States and of the world.

THE PROBLEM: is not that the American government does not work. It works fine for those who own it, just not for the people of America. It is corporate control of Congress that permits the enslavement of Peoples of other nations and ultimately, Americans as well.

Now that the global economic elite are bringing their tools of subjugation to the United States, we must fight back together to ensure that the hope of government of the People, by the People and for the People does not perish from the Earth.

Together, we can mend the social fabric of a broken nation and assure liberty and justice for all the Peoples of the planet we share.

War and lack of health care are symptoms of the same disease: corporate control of the US government. That is why we must take back America for the people by working to pass a Constitutional amendment to get corporate money out of elections and abolish corporate personhood. This is the essential first step to creating true representative government.

Until Americans learn to fight their common enemy instead of each other, there is no reason to expect real change. We must put aside our differences to fight the imposition of a corporate New World Order if we are going to ensure that our children grow up in a rational, sustainable world where war is but a memory.